Bootlegs

Phoenix was released by T.P.N in 1980.

Phoenix was released by IRECSA, G.G.I Corp in 1980.

Sequels

The official sequel to Phoenix was called Pleiads (onscreen) or Pleiades (on the Centuri manufactured marquee) and was developed by Tehkan in 1981, and licensed to Centuri for US distribution. Pleiades featured more enemies attacking at once, balanced by the fact that the player could now have two shots on the screen at one time instead of one.

The Flagship level in the Midway game Gorf has been compared to the boss stage in Phoenix.

Hardware

Most Phoenix games will be in a standard Centuri woodgrain cabinet, but several other cabinets exist, due to this game being sold by multiple companies at the same time. These use sticker sideart (which covers the upper half of the machine), and glass marquees. The control panel is made up entirely of buttons, no joysticks are present in the arcade version (some cocktail versions do have joysticks). The monitor in this machine is mounted vertically, and the monitor bezel is relatively unadorned. Phoenix uses a unique wiring harness, which isn’t known to be compatible with any other games.